PTI

Melbourne, May 16:  A survey by the Federation of International Cricketers' Associations (FICA) shows players are not impressed with the International Cricket Council's 'outdated' ways of governance and its ability to conduct big events like the recent World Cup.

The FICA poll, conducted on 45 cricketers from the nine Test-playing nations, revealed that 56 per cent of players were not satisfied with ICC's governance.

The survey also said 89 nine per cent of players found the recent World Cup in the Caribbean as either average (44 per cent), below average (38 per cent) or poor (eight per cent) and only three per cent rated it excellent while eight per cent called it good.

FICA's Chief Executive Tim May said the players' responses were 'disturbing' and should be of 'great concern' to the ICC.

"The ICC came across as out of touch with the rest of the cricketing world. The players' growing opinion is that decisions are increasingly being made through self-interest and/or party alliances rather than what is best for the game," May said.

"An independent review would determine what is the best and most applicable structure for cricket's international governing body," he was quoted as saying by the 'Sydney Morning Herald' on Wednesday.

"There has been a growing amount of dissatisfaction amongst a wide variety of cricket stakeholders over the past 24 months, regarding the governance of our game," he added.